(Update 2011/07): Blogger / GoDaddy may offer an automatic DNS setup wizard, which will take care of the setup process for you.My Instructions, Simplified

To point your Blogger blog to your domain name, you set up domain name mapping, which configures your blog settings and domain name. You update your settings in your Blogger account and their Domain Manager:

Edit the 4 domain root A records, and the www CNAME record, for the domain name you want to use with your Blogger account. This update tells the Web browser to open your Blogger blog when visitors enter your domain name's URL in the browser address bar.

Configure your Blogger account to use your domain name.

To Edit Your A and CNAME Records

Log in to your Account Manager.

In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.

From the Tools menu, select DNS Manager. The DNS Dashboard displays.

For the domain name you want to use with your Blogger account, click Edit Zone. The Zone File Editor displays.

In the A (Host) section, click the @ record.

In the Points To field, type "216.239.32.21".

Repeat steps #5 and #6, 3 times, for "216.239.34.21", "216.239.36.21", and "216.239.38.21". If you do not already have 3 more "@" records, add them using "Quick Add" 3 times.

mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 216.239.32.21
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 216.239.34.21
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 216.239.36.21
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 216.239.38.21
www.mydomain.com. 3600 IN CNAME ghs.google.com.

Please check out the results, using a Who.Is DNS log, which should show the proper results, immediately. If this is a newly defined domain, wait a full 72 hours, before proceeding with the second step.

To Configure Your Blogger Account

Log in to your Blogger account.

From the Settings tab, select Publishing.

Click Custom Domain.

In the Buy a domain for your blog section, click Switch to advanced settings.

In the Your Domain field, enter your domain name. In this example, you enter "www.mydomain.com".

I recently updated a friend's blog to a GoDaddy domain and his daily site visit count has gone down right after the change. Now it is understood that for some time people will be going to the SiteName.BlogSpot.com domain and the www.SiteName.com domain. But shouldn't the site visit count be consistent?

So in searching for a fix for this, I came across these instructions. I did not setup the A records. Will this fix the site cisit count statistics?

2. I completed the steps (1 - 10), listed under "Edit Your A and CNAME records".The 4 "A" records, look fine. However, using WhoIs DNS log, I see that the CNAME is not ghs.google.com, but still mydomain.com.

Question: could it take longer than a couple of hours, for the ghs.google.com to "show up"?

3. Selecting "Redirect Type" via the GoDaddy "Forwarding" menu: The GoDaddy instructions, has a section of steps, under "To Forward your Domain Name". It is only via the Domain Manager>Forward list>Forward Domains>Advanced Options tab, that I can select to 'redirect site" using a "301 Moved Permanently".

Question: This GoDaddy step, was omitted from your corrected GoDaddy set up. So I was guessing that I am supposed to ignore this. Sorry to be so lame.

4. Question: with a page referral method, will the blog URL be displayed in the browser's address bar?Or is that only avoidable, with a "Forward with Masking" (GoDaddy's terminology) approach?

Thank you again, for The Real Blogger Status. You guys are truly amazing.

According to what I'm seeing, both "gamerblogspot.com" and "www.gamerblogspot.com" redirect to the Blogger blog. If you're seeing anything different, you need to start a discussion in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.

According to what I'm seeing, both "pagodaroad.com" and "www.pagodaroad.com" redirect to the Blogger blog, just fine. If you see anything different, please start a discussion in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.

Hi Chuck, I've been perusing so I hope I am using the right instructions. I recently purchased a new custom domain name through godaddy (lifeasmrsh.com). I followed your instructions to add the A and Cnames. Question do I now have to wait a full 72 hours before going into "publishing" in my blogger and putting in my new domain name. The current domain (www.ninisays.com)name is also custom (but purchased through blogger).Will readers typing in www.ninisays.com be re-directed to www.lifeasmrsh.com after the 72 hours or am I missing a step? Or am I wrong all together?

Chuck I have waited the 72 hours. I have tried going into the publishing setting and putting in my new custom domain and it works BUT....now I can't redirect my old custom domain to go to the new custom domain. Why doesn't blogger automatically redirect from www.ninisays.com over to my new www.lifeasmrsh.comWhen readers type in www.ninisays.com it says 404 No blog found.I don't want to lose my readers so for now I have set it back to ninisays.comHow can I change it to www.lifeasmrsh.com but still get it to redirect to that as well if people type in my old address ninisays.com?I truly appreciate your help because I have gotten no response in help forum on blogger.

Hello, I transferred my domain name to GoDaddy last week, they (two different employeeds) tell me that to transfer to Blogger, I need to update the nameservers w/Bloggers. I tried using your instructions, but when I click on Tools to go to DNS Management, there is nothing there (my domain name is showing up domain manager page--unlocked and isn't expiring soon. Please help! THANK YOU!!!

I'm hoping this finally fixes my problem. I've been trying for a week to get my blogspot blog to come up when I type in my new domain. I tried GoDaddy's instructions and nothing worked. I followed your instructions earlier then called GoDaddy and they said "I can see your blog just fine.. maybe you need to clear your cache or try a different browser." Really?? I've tried 3 different browsers and they all say 404 error so I don't know what they're seeing. I'm going to give it another day or two and then I may just give up. This is SO stressful. Thank you for your information. I'll update whether or not it works for me.

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